[SOA] Archival Workers Collective story-gathering

[Sarah Aisenbrey]

Hi all,

Lydia Tang, a member of the Archival Workers Collective (AWC), sent the message below through the Society of American Archivists listserv.

We're sharing it for those interested in participating in the AWC's efforts.

Thanks,

SOA Advocacy and Outreach Committee

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The Archival Workers Collective (AWC) solicits your story about the impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers. Have the dismantling of IMLS, NEH, National Park Service, and other government agencies affected you and your institution? Have the White House's policies on DEIA initiatives or other activities caused you to change how you conduct your work? Share your story! The Archival Workers Collective is a grassroots collective of archival workers. We seek to gather and amplify the stories of archives and archival workers on our blog to spread the word on how these actions are impacting our field.

Please share the AWC story-gathering form<https://airtable.com/appQzfWKfpL32e33k/pagZxtbEQXd2LtNk9/form> widely and add your own story!

When filling out this form, please only share information and phrasing that you feel comfortable with us sharing. The responses will be viewed by organizers of the Archival Workers Collaborative. We will do our best to share the stories that are submitted but if there are capacity constraints, we may need to share selected submissions. If you have any questions or feedback, please email us at archivalworkerscollective at gmail.com<mailto:archivalworkerscollective at gmail.com>.

In addition to this initiative, we seek to amplify the data-gathering efforts of allied groups and encourage you to share your data in the initiatives that fit best for you.

  *   American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) IMLS, NEH, and NPS Disruption Impact Survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRNY25V>
  *   ATALM: Impact of the Loss or Reduction of Federal Funding on Tribal Cultural Institutions Survey<https://www.atalm.org/call-to-action-responding-to-the-loss-of-federal-funding-to-indigenous-cultural-institutions/>
  *   COSLA: Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IMLS-Cancellations>
  *   IMLS Matters<https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/>
  *   Organization of American Historians Federal Employee and Contractors Oral History Project<https://www.oah.org/fecohp/>
  *   The Impact Tracker<https://theimpactproject.org/the-impact-map/> (broad focus, not just LAMs)

If you see additional initiatives that we should add to this list, please let us know!

If you are a federal worker impacted by layoffs, please also view this Society of American Archivists resource page<https://www2.archivists.org/membership/resources/resources-for-federal-workers>.

In solidarity,

Members of the Archival Workers' Collective

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